Rebirth of Conan as a Detective

"Grandma Mi," Gao Cheng asked suddenly, "What time is the power outage?"

"It's time," Granny Mi thought for a moment, "It seems to be around 12:30, because the lights will turn on soon, so I checked the time."

"12:30..."

Gao Cheng raised the remote control in his hand: "Has anyone set a timer to turn on the air conditioner?"

"No, there's no need to set a timer..." Granny Mi confused, "But speaking of it, at that time, I just felt a gust of warm wind blowing over, and the lights were turned off..."

"Detective Kido, is there a question?" Gojo Osamu asked immediately.

"It shouldn't be a coincidence, but someone deliberately set the timer to turn on. As for the reason..."

Gao Cheng thoughtfully went up to the second floor, checked the air-conditioning remote controls in other rooms, and found that, like no other, all the remote controls had been set to a timer, and they were all set at "12:30" when the power went out.

"Although we are not sure, but if there is no accident, this is the reason why the circuit breaker tripped and the power went out... That means Miss Lihua is not an accomplice..."

Gao Cheng looked at the heavy rain outside, and said in a deep voice: "Miss Lihua is most likely killed, now I can only wait for the police to come and search the forest tomorrow."

There are too few useful clues now. The only thing he is sure of is that the murderer is among the four people, namely Liu Tian, ​​Ichi Takashi, Gojo Xiu, and Mifune. It is not clear whether the murderer is one of them or two of them.

Gao Cheng looked at Takashi Ichie and Xiu Gojo who stayed in the living room.

Because of his relationship as a detective, the prisoner will undoubtedly be several times more cautious, and it will be difficult to show his feet. It is already the limit to narrow down the scope of the murderer to Liutian and the others.

Without going back to the living room immediately, Gao Cheng closed his eyes and tried to recall all the details.

From the beginning, Miss Lihua disappeared, and everyone searched for it, and then Nikaido was drowned... Sleeping pills... Power outage...

The surrounding space changed rapidly, clues emerged one after another, and he entered the one-minute thinking space again.

"Huh?" Gao Cheng was stunned, and realized that after turning on the mode for a minute, there was no delay, and his fingers moved quickly among the details.

The accident two years ago was obviously not that simple. After all, Nikaido and Lihua Yotsui, one of the parties involved, died and the other disappeared...

The murderer deliberately put sleeping pills in the coffee instead of poison or something, and carried him to the kitchen sink on purpose, which is quite unreasonable... obviously there is some purpose.

This is not a random killing, but a premeditated murder with motives, including sleeping pills and attacking him are all part of the murderer's means...

Gao Cheng stood in the thinking space with a firm expression, and all the details, including all the words that Liu Tian and others said, flashed in front of him.

Someone must have lied...

One of these people must have misled everyone's thinking, but it was not obvious and very subtle.

It's a pity that he drank sleeping pills and wasn't there at the most critical time, otherwise he might be able to dig out clues from the other party's words and deeds.

The one-minute time limit was approaching, Gao Cheng frowned and continued to think about the details of the case.

The murderer deliberately hid Yoshii Reika somewhere, and then took advantage of the opportunity to search for it in the forest to kill Nikaido. All the telephone lines of the villa were cut off, indicating that the murderer still had some unfinished purpose, either he still needed to kill someone, or Just what else needs to be done.

The most likely purpose is undoubtedly to forge the alibi.

So what is the murderer's purpose in attacking him?

"Water, drowning..." Gao Cheng murmured while holding his chin.

The key point of the case lies in the "water". One possibility is that Yaeko also drowned 2 years ago, and the other possibility...

"The murderer hopes to form a mental inertia and hide his real method of killing Sii Lihua."

Gao Cheng's eyes moved,

Once again, quickly filtered what Liu Tian and others had said.

If it is the second possibility, then the clue to solve the case may lie in Sijing Lihua.

Where is Lihua Sii?

The forest side is obviously unrealistic. The trunks of the cars with punctured tires are very likely, but there are still many problems.

The remaining possible place is the villa. Although everyone has already searched, since the murderer is among the four people in Liutian, it is convenient to do small tricks, such as searching a certain place before the others and pretending not to find it.

In any case, Lihua Sijing should not be far from the pool or sink, so that the murderer can disguise the murder method and create an alibi...

The picture in front of Gao Cheng has decreased sharply, showing several possible places.

First of all, there is the fountain in front of the villa. The place where Nikaido was drowned is just not far from the parking spot. Then there is the kitchen of the villa, where the murderer intends to use the same method to attack him. There are also several restrooms. It's the bathroom...

"Wow!" The one-minute mode came to an abrupt end, the thinking space surrounding Gao Cheng suddenly disappeared, and everything returned to the original state.

Gao Cheng was dizzy for a while, and quickly supported the wall next to him, and it took him a while to recover.

Unlike the one-minute mode used in the system release case, the one-minute mode in the daily case is passively activated, and it seems to consume a lot of physical strength.

Gao Cheng walked to the living room with a pale face: "Grandma Mi, can you prepare a cup of sugar water for me?"

"Detective Chenghu?" Granny Mi was taken aback when she saw Gao Cheng's appearance, and hurriedly got up and went to the kitchen, "You'd better take a rest, don't hold on, or your body will become weak."

"It's nothing, I'll just drink some sugar water."

Gao Cheng smiled awkwardly, followed Granny Mi into the kitchen, and while waiting, checked the places where people might be hiding in the kitchen, but nothing was gained.

"Mother-in-law," Gao Cheng took a sip of the sugar water and felt a lot better. He saw Granny Mi put the sugar back in the cupboard, and asked by the way, "When you made coffee here before, didn't you find anything wrong? For example, someone been in."

"No," Granny Mi shook her head and said, "After I made coffee, I was looking for sugar everywhere. I bought this can of sugar five years ago. I forgot where I put it and I searched for it for a long time..."

"five years ago?"

Gao Cheng's fingers shook, and he almost lost his grip on the cup.

Hello, how long is the shelf life of granulated sugar?

...

It was still raining outside the villa. Gao Cheng walked to the fountain with an umbrella. He didn't know if it was a psychological effect. He always felt a little uncomfortable after drinking sugar water.

Nikaido's body was still placed by the pool, but it was covered with a piece of cloth to prevent the rain from washing it away.

Gao Cheng looked around the fountain carefully and found nothing unusual in the pool, then turned his gaze to the parking spot not far away, where the six cars with blown tires were still in the rain.

He looked around, if he hid Lihua Sijing in the car and moved it to the fountain, it would be easy to be seen by the people in the living room, and it might be possible to move into the villa through the side door, but not to mention the trouble. possibility of discovery.

"Let's keep it and see."

After observing the surroundings of the villa, Gao Cheng returned to the villa again. This time, he did not disturb the others, but quietly checked the surroundings of the bathroom again.

After checking several toilets, he felt that the possibility of the murderer hiding Sijing Lihua here was not very high, not to mention that it was easy to be found, and the toilets were not convenient to arrange.

In the end it was just the bathroom...

"Click!" The corridor on the bathroom side was very dark, and Gao Cheng fumbled to open the doors one by one.

A small storage room with a toilet, and finally a dim bathroom. Gao Cheng pressed the light switch, but found no response, the light bulb seemed to be broken.

It is indeed strange to say that the lights are on in other places, only the corridor here is dark.

Gao Cheng's expression tightened. This is undoubtedly the most likely place. It is very suitable for the murderer to manipulate, and the murderer even broke the light bulb here beforehand.

The bathroom is not too big, the only things that can be hidden are the washing machine, the cabinet under the sink, and...

Gao Cheng checked the washing machine and the cabinet one after another, and finally walked to the bathtub covered with a cover. After reaching out to lift the cover, his gaze suddenly tightened, and then the corners of his mouth raised into an inexplicable smile.

"I see……"

In the bathtub, Miss Lihua was lying in the water with tape all over her body, as if she had also been given sleeping pills. The lady was still asleep, but the water in the bathtub reached her neck, and it was still increasing slowly. , I'm afraid it will rise to the point where Lihua Sijing drowns in about an hour.

Gao Cheng looked at the shower head floating silently in the bathtub, paused, and turned off the water valve.

The whole case is undoubtedly very clear. The reason why the murderer has done so many tricks is all for this method in front of him. The only thing that is not clear is who the murderer is.

This point is either waiting for Lihua Sijing to wake up, or waiting for the murderer to show his flaws, because the murderer will inevitably finish the fake scene after Lihua Sijing drowns naturally...

Gao Cheng glanced at the sleeping Miss Lihua in the bathtub with a complicated expression, and after putting the bathtub lid back on, he held Lake Toya tightly and turned to leave the bathroom.

The effect of the sleeping pills still hasn't completely faded away, but he doesn't feel sleepy at all right now.

This eldest lady is not a good person, but the murderer who may be out of revenge is also a bastard who committed a crime, and he wants to have a good time with her...